Finley Announces New IP Communications Practice, Appoints Johnson
In our ongoing effort to meet our client's evolving needs, we're proud to announce the launch of our new IP Communications practice, to be led by Greg Johnson. Greg will lead Finley's support of our client's building and operation of smart IP enabled communications networks. "IP technology has become a fundamental cornerstone for our ... Read more

Ericsson Commercial LTE Advanced Demo Delivers 3x the Bandwidth
Ericsson demonstrated its commercial LTE mobile broadband service for the first time today for the Swedish Post and Telecom Agency. Carried out in Kista, Sweden, the anticipated "next step in LTE," Ericsson's LTE Advanced delivered over-the-air speeds more than 10x faster than what Swedish LTE users currently experience, according to a ... Read more

2015: VoIP Forecasted to Become a $40 billion per Year Market
With a current subscriber base of 120 million and a global growth rate of 12.6% in 2010, VoIP is forecasted to be a $40 billion annual worldwide market by 2015, according to Point Topic. France has been one of the growing markets where 50% of fixed network telephone traffic in 2010 started using a VoIP phone. Point Topic expects over ... Read more

USDA: Goal to Invest $250 Million in Smart Grid Over Next 12 Months
Yesterday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans aimed at "modernizing the nation's electric grid". The USDA's goal is to invest $250 million across 10 states to improve electric services to customers. Vilsack said, "This is one more step in our effort to modernize rural America's electric grid." Smart grid technologies give consumers greater control ... Read more

5 Million Smart Meters Shipped in First Quarter 2011
Worldwide, the smart meter market grew by 22.7% year-over-year from 1Q2010 to 1Q2011, with almost 5 million meters shipped in 1Q2011, the quarter with the second highest meters shipped, trailing only 2Q2010. According to forecasts from IDC Energy Insights, by 2015, worldwide sales will exceed 71 million meters shipped. IDC expects growth in coming years ... Read more

Chattanooga's EPB Partners With Alcatel-Lucent for SmartGrid Apps
Leveraging its investment in a gigabit passive optical network (GPON), Chattanooga's municipal broadband provider and electricity distributor EPB is working with Alcatel Lucent, provider of EPB's GPON, to develop a cutting edge smart grid network and management system. EPB operates a high-speed optical fiber network that provides broadband Internet access ... Read more

TXU Energy Adds Mobile Bill Pay to Growing Customer Smart Grid Suite
Dallas's TXU Energy continues to innovate it when it comes to demand-side smart grid development. The electric utility has launched a customer Web site designed specifically for mobile phone users. The new site enables customers to access their accounts and pay bills through Web-enabled wireless devices, according to a TXU press release. TXU ... Read more

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Finley Engineering representatives will be attending the following upcoming events. We hope to see you there!

• NTCA Region 1, 2 & 3 Meeting - July 17-19, 2011
• OPASTCO Summer Convention and Expo - July 23-27, 2011
• Montana Telecommunications Association Annual Meeting - August 1-3, 2011

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